President Eisenhower’s $14 Billion Heart Attack
On the eighth hole of the Cherry Hills Country Club golf course, just outside Denver, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 64, started
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Month: April 2016
Collecting the Bizarre Stuff Sold in the Back of Comic Books
Amazing! Incredible! Unbelievable! Eyeglasses that let you see through clothes.The secrets to super-human strength.Scary seven-foot tall ghosts that do your
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How a Refugee Escaped the Nazis to Become the Father of Video Games
It’s perhaps fitting that the man recognized as the father of the video game, that quintessential American invention, was a
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The Fake Lunar Surface Where Apollo 11 Trained for the Moon Landing
Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins had already spent months in training as the backup crew for Apollo
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Building the Eiffel Tower
In 1886, a competition in France was held to design a flagship structure for the upcoming 1889 World Fair. More than
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The Toxic History of Soda Pop
Soda. Pop. Coke. Carbonated soft drinks have been a part of our world for hundreds of years. Soda got its
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Stuff British Soldiers Have Carried in Battle, From the 1000’s to Today
In the 13th century, if you wanted to kill a man your best bet was using a battle axe. By
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Mel Brooks Handprint
As a comedian alongside Hollywood giants like Clark Gable and John Wayne, Mel thought people would expect something a little
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The Art of Making People Go Away
You probably don’t think much about “Do Not Disturb” signs at hotels, unless you’ve been disturbed. Then you think, “Hey,
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15 Famous Landmarks Zoomed Out Tell a Bigger Story
We’ve seen them in pictures and in guidebooks. The world’s most famous landmarks live in popular imagination in their idealized
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What Were We Thinking? The Top 10 Most Dangerous Ads
Often the criticism of vintage ads focuses on their inherent sexism, racism, or other displays of social prejudices, which we
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The Tale of the Seven Sutherland Sisters and Their 37 Feet of Hair
In the late 19th century, Sarah, Victoria, Isabella, Grace, Naomi, Dora, and Mary Sutherland, the Seven Sutherland Sisters, sang and
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